I think I am witnessing the end of American civilization as I know it. Americans continues to insist on being fed stupid rhetoric during election time and we come back asking for more from our supposed leaders.
Here is some of the stupid banalities we are being force fed and that we have begun to accept without question:
1. Only God fearing Christians are good and qualified to lead this country. This country was founded by Christian ideals and atheists need not apply. Average Americans act like they never heard of ancient Greece and democracy even though our founding fathers were steeped in the traditions of Socrates and Plato. Talk about elitists! There is no such thing as a good atheists.
2. Greed and speculation is good and the government should just step out of the way that is until the system collapses of its own corruption.
3. Any foreign diplomatic solution short of war is appeasement and is a failure of the American spirit.
4. If you disagree with me you are not a true American.
5. Fairness is implied because you are born in America.
6. If you think too much you are part of the problem and are probably an elitist/socialist.
7. Only dumb-asses know what is good for Americans and thus are only qualified for leadership.
8. If I can’t have a beer with you or talk to you during my kid’s soccer game you are not qualified to lead.
9. Liberals, atheists and agnostics are all going to hell and need not apply for candidacy.
10. All of the problems with the US are directly attributable to liberals, atheists, illegal immigrants and lazy minorities.
11. With a lot of determination anybody can succeed in the US and become rich. The American economy is the Lotto of the free enterprise system you just got to play it to win it! If you’re not rich it’s because you ae lazy or you didn’t want it enough.
12. Joe the plumber is an average American who wants to succeed at starting a small business and is not an opportunist.
13. Sarah Palin is a bright and gutsy mavericky politician. No Hillary is she.
14. Congress sucks but not my Congressmen, that’s why I keep reelecting him.
15. There’s no such thing as political patronage; it’s the lobbyists that are killing this country.
16. My gun protects me from criminals and the government.
17. Republicans are better than Democrats for the economy.
18. Drill baby Drill.
19. I don’t have to pay more taxes for the Iraq war, the bailouts, rebuilding New Orleans, health care or Social Security.
20. The future is so bright if the elitists would just get out of the way.
21. Politicians can make my life better if they would just listen to me!
22. Obama is the modern day equivalent of a political savior!
Be sure to vote otherwise you have no right to complain about the results! Otherwise, I am reminded of the old Henrik Ibsen line about “the majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.”
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Tom Humes
Miller, standing ovtaion for your 12:54 comment.That’s precisely how I see it too.The only thing I can say in fairness to the Obamas, his entire life he’s been saddled with funny names.Barack is bad enough, but Hussein must’ve been a killer. Obama somehow sounds neutral to my ears, but still packs a wallop.Then he was called Barry. Like in Manilow. Cruel, cruel. Barry is also an exceedingly white name, like Lance. I have never heard of a black Lance.Then he became Barry Soetero. Then back to Barry Obama, then finally he “re-claimed” his full name, Barack, like Malcolm X shedding off his slave name, only in the case, he was blessed with a free black man’s name to begin with.Speaking of blessed, that’s what Barack means, of course. Remember when in a Florida synagogue?Not as egregious as Hillary Clinton pulling out of nowhere a .Cheers,Victoria
This is nicely written and complete list of the stuff I’ve often heard from “good Republicans”. You left out that Democrat “talking heads” are blowhards who love to drag down the Republicians; the Republician “talking heads” are sweet and innocent people who never tear down the Democrats. (So, who came out with the Hillary nut crackers and wasn’t it “Rush” who thought this the height of humor?)
I voted against one of “my” Senators two years ago and am thinking of voting for “my” House member and probably won’t vote for the other Senator.
Every election I just keep remembering the old Henrik Ibsen line about “the majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.”
For some reason I got a strange sense of déjà vu as I watched a lot of new faces show up at the polling booth for the first time. Beware the cult of personality but to be honest with you mediocrity hasn’t been cutting it lately either.
Erik John Bertel
Of course, I didn’t plug in my aactul name.I used this variant of my reader_iam handle: reader i am. (By the way, I’m 99% sure I’ve never used that variant my self in any other way. Well, I’m really 100% sure; yet, I do think it’s important to allow for error. Anyway … .)The result: “Fire Patriot Palin.”My reaction: Half an LOL, half an “oh.my. … well, I’m not sure which ‘oh.my.’ ” to employ … and more than a half nonplussed. (Yes, I’m aware that my halves are adding up to more than the requisite 100%.)Now, here’s the question: Was the paragraph reproduced below the standard attached graf, or was it (at least semi-)”customized” to the result?”Yes, the American people have learned from experience that it’s not the content of your resume but the quality of your character that will make you a good president. And with the war in Iraq, the mortgage crisis, the banks going bankrupt, China winning the Olympics, and Gossip Girl on TV, we really need a personality cult more than we need policy. Get our your life insurance, your gun, and your credit card, because we’re in for a rocky future.”That’s a serious question. Because I need to know in which LOL I’m engaging. And which nonplussed I’m experiencing.I thank you all, in advance, for your assistance.